Tag: <span>Youth Voices on Sustainability</span>

Forget Greening the TPP – The Environment Needs Industrial Policy

Over the years, I’ve come to see two different and seemingly contradictory movements as both vitally important to America’s future: the environmental movement, and the movement to bring jobs back to America and prevent large swaths of the country from turning into Detroit, Camden, Gary, and Youngstown, through a kind …

Catalyzing Mobility in Lagos: BRT and other Public Transit Developments

Originally published on April 29th via CoLab Radio. During winter break of my senior year, I spent several weeks at home in Lagos doing fieldwork for my thesis on the challenges and opportunities in the waste management sector. Most of the time, I relied on public transportation to get around. …

One in Seven: An Essay

by C2C Fellow Shayna Koczur I am one in seven billion order essay, and on a geological timescale, I will be here for a second. If I am so small in the grand scheme of our planet, if I am only a tick of a clock, then the idea of  …

Massachusetts activists call for end to fossil fuel investments

by C2C Fellow Dana Drugmand Originally published at The Berkshire Edge Editor’s Note: Last week, the Great Barrington Selectboard began consideration of a measure that would divest the town’s pension fund of its holdings in fossil fuel companies. Across Massachusetts there is a growing movement for just such a divestment. …

New route; same Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline

By C2C Fellow Dana Drugmand Originally published online at The Berkshire Edge on December 13 Washington, Mass. – This past Monday (December 8) Kinder Morgan, the firm behind the proposed multi-billion dollar Northeast Energy Direct natural gas line, updated its pre-filing application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee to reflect a …

The Unique Advantages of Living a Green Lifestyle & the Steps to Get There

2015 Winning PlushBeds Green Scholarship Essay By Sanaz Arjomand  MS ’16 Candidate Bard Center for Environmental Policy originally published by PlushBeds. Just as no shade of green is better than another, there is no best hue to a green lifestyle.Some may consider it greener to live in a rural area that …

Getting to Know: Will Mitchell

This spring, we launched an application for C3: Campus to Careers Camp, C2C Fellow’s first ever second-round professional training. Fellows were asked to explain, in a short video, why they wanted to attend further training on Social Innovation and Leadership, or Leading a Political Campaign. While we were unable to …

Getting to Know: Daniel Rich

This spring, we launched an application for C3: Campus to Careers Camp, C2C Fellow’s first ever second-round professional training. Fellows were asked to explain, in a short video, why they wanted to attend further training on Social Innovation and Leadership, or Leading a Political Campaign. While we were unable to …

The Psychology Behind Climate Denial, and What to Do About It

Written by  Caroline Hodge originally posted on April 24, 2014 at ecoaffect.org, where Caroline posted daily blog posts   Climate skepticism continues to bewilder many stakeholders working on climate solutions. Why do skeptics believe what they do? And what’s the best way to engage with them? In a recent piece in The Conversation, cognitive …

C2C Fellows Business Profile: Brittany Chiles and the 8 to 8 Barber Shop

Before Brittany Chiles even stepped foot on Penn State’s campus, she knew she wanted to run her own business.  Growing up, both her mother and grandmother were business owners and this experience gave her an entrepreneurship spirit. When her college orientation leader mentioned that a senior was giving haircuts out of …